Book about an Earth abandoned by humans and ruled by cats known as "Puddys" or "Puttys" that wear metal claws. Their enemies are dogs called "Barkers Rule". Then one cat meets a live human.
Book about an Earth abandoned by humans and ruled by cats known as "Puddys" or "Puttys" that wear metal claws. Their enemies are dogs called "Barkers Rule". Then one cat meets a live human.
Breed to come (1972) by Andre Norton? The Putti are stuffed toys similar to cats.
A partir de Goodreads:
When desperate measures failed to control what men had begun and could not stop, they fled their polluted planet, leaving behind an epidemic virus born of experimentation. Yet unlike men, whom the disease could destroy, the animals of the planet thrived. Each generation was more forceful and intelligent than the last.
I n the ruins of what was once a university complex, a vast band of The People, more highly evolved than those on the outside, sought to master the works of men. And they learned that the demons (as men were called) were not legendary but real. Then one day a spaceship landed...
Esta revisão mentions the Barkers:
Cats (the People), Dogs (Barkers) Rats (Rattons) and Pigs (Tusked Ones) are the dominant life forms in this area.
Encontrado pesquisando neste site por [story-identification] title:cats earth; I knew I had seen a similar question in the past but remembered the name being "Putty". This returned História de ficção científica dos 50s-60s sobre onde os gatos são as formas de vida dominantes e são chamados PUTIE; in a comment, John Rennie mentions the story containing the line:
Not Putti but cat!